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Holy basil seeds
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC46114Origin:
Tamil Nadu, IndiaDonor / Date:
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886Description:
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The Colonial and Indian Exhibition was held at South Kensington in London in 1886. These seeds were exhibited for their use in Indian medicine in the Indian Economic Court at the Exhibition, organised by the Government of India. Before this the seeds were part of the collection of the India Museum in London. The Museum was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. They were collected when the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India was known as Madras, Madras is the name now used for the state's capital.
